BrucePoker Live Tour:11th Oct, Dunboyne Castle. €5K Gtd & Free Entry

[BRUCEPOKER.COM]

BrucePoker.com Live Tour

€5,000 Guaranteed

Free Entry

3,000 starting stack

Extra 1,000 Chip by registering online with a valid BrucePoker account

5,000 Rebuy for €50

7,500 Topup for €50 at the break

24 minute Blinds

Dunboyne Castle, Dunboyne.

Sunday 11th October

Reg @ 2:00pm, Start @ 3:00pm sharp

Cash games & S.T.T's provided

Online registration will open here at 12pm on Tuesday the 6th of October and will close

at 6pm Saturday the 10th of October.

BrucePoker will cover their expenses from any excess recieved from rebuys/topups above the €5000 guaranteed.

This tournament is limited to 250 players.

Winnings will be credited to your online account and can be collected at anytime in any of our Bruce Betting Outlets.

You must give 24 hours notice for collection of winnings.

**New**

Play heads up for free on BrucePoker.com at this event.
Win 2 in a row and we will put $10 into your BrucePoker account
Win 3 in a row and we will put $50 into your BrucePoker account

1. Who is running the event: Bruce Poker.com
2. The purpose of the event: Commercial
3. Date and Location of event: Dunboyne Castle. Sunday 11th October 2009
4. Registration and Start time of event: Reg @ 2:00pm, Start @ 3:00pm sharp
5. Any prerequisites: No
6. How can tickets be purchased & is there a maximum number: On the night or bought through any of the BruceBetting Shops nationwide, capped @ 250
7. Type of Tournament: Texas Holdem R&A
8. Cost of entry and any subsequent rebuys/top-ups etc: Entry is €0 and there is 1 rebuy of 5,000 chips for €50 within 6 levels and 1 topup of 7,500 chips for €50 at the break.
9. Cost of registration: €0
10. % of entry fee/rebuys/top-up going into Prize fund: BrucePoker will cover their expenses from any excess recieved from rebuys/topups above the €5000 guaranteed.
10a. Is any money from the prize fund held back for future tournaments: No
11. Any guaranteed prize pool: €5000
12. Number of re-buys allowed and over what time frame/blind levels: 1 rebuy within 6 blind levels
13. Starting Chips: 3,000 (4,000 by registering online with a valid BrucePoker account)
14. Rebuy and Top-up chip amounts:1 rebuy of 5,000 chips for €50 within 6 levels and 1 topup of 7,500 chips for €50 at the break.
15. Blind levels:
24 Minute Levels:

I will post a complete list of levels in a seperate post within the next 2 days.

16. Blind timeframes: 24 minutes throughout
17. Places being paid: Decided on the night, approx. 10 - 15% of field
18. Are there going to be dealers? This has to be decided. To save money being taken from the prizepool we might only have dealers on the final 2 tables.
19. Will there be a documented list of rules: Yes
20. Is there a tournament director? Yes – Paul Smallwood
21. How are disputes handled - who has final say? TD
22. Are there any cash games offered, if so, please outline the rake for each limit offered:

• Cash games available throughout tournament.

As always a complete list of upcoming events can be found here.

[BRUCEPOKER.COM]

From Tuesday at 12p.m. we will open registration on BrucePoker.com. The reg form will be found here:

http://www.brucepoker.com/?upcominge...e_11th_october

On the page we will ask for your name, phone number and brucepoker login name. This must be a valid brucepoker login name and match your name to avail of the extra 1,000 chip.

[gorrrr72]

I will probably play this. I understand you need to cover your expenses if you exceed the guarantee. It's just the wording of it that makes me a bit uneasy. I have played a few of your events and I know your not trying to pull the wool over anyones eyes intentionally but I wouldn't like to see a precedence set for organisers to advertise like this.

It just leaves it open for abuse imo. Maybe if you capped it at 15% to 20% or something it would sit a little easier. Personally I would be planning on spending the €100 pretty much 100% of the time I play something like this.

[BRUCEPOKER.COM]

Originally Posted by gorrrr72

I will probably play this. I understand you need to cover your expenses if you exceed the guarantee. It's just the wording of it that makes me a bit uneasy. I have played a few of your events and I know your not trying to pull the wool over anyones eyes intentionally but I wouldn't like to see a precedence set for organisers to advertise like this.

It just leaves it open for abuse imo. Maybe if you capped it at 15% to 20% or something it would sit a little easier. Personally I would be planning on spending the €100 pretty much 100% of the time I play something like this.

Thanks for the comments gorrrr, the reason we have to word it like this is because decisions have to be made that will effect the prizepool for example : to have dealers for more hands an hour or no dealers for less expenses. We also dont know exactly how many people to expect. We know at this time that interest is very big and we want to be able to hold a large well run tournament and cover our expenses. Dont forget that if the prizepool guarantee isn't reached we will be paying out €5000 and the expenses.

[gorrrr72]

Originally Posted by BRUCEPOKER.COM

Thanks for the comments gorrrr, the reason we have to word it like this is because decisions have to be made that will effect the prizepool for example : to have dealers for more hands an hour or no dealers for less expenses. We also dont know exactly how many people to expect. We know at this time that interest is very big and we want to be able to hold a large well run tournament and cover our expenses. Dont forget that if the prizepool guarantee isn't reached we will be paying out €5000 and the expenses.

I know you are taking a big risk guaranteeing a free tourney with a 5k prizepool. And guaranteed prizepools are great for the game so it is appreciated.
It just reminds me of another free tourney a while back for someones birthday that caused a lot of controversy because of the eventual prizepool paid after the expenses were taken out.

You know how some gossipers love the chance to start whispers about poker organizers and I would hate to see that happen as I know you run a tight ship.

Maybe I'm not explaining my thoughts very well, I'm not criticizing I'm trying to put across how a punter might feel about it.

I would prefer to pay a reg fee up front of say €20.

The reason is this: Say you get 100 players and you get 150 rebuys/top ups. Total = 7500 minus 2k expenses (example) so prizepool paid is 5500.

Option 2: 100 players pay €20 reg = 2k.
150 rebuys/top ups = 7500 prizepool paid out.


P.S. I like the idea of online pre reg for the extra 1000 chips. Gives an idea of numbers attending which in turn should prompt more people to attend as long as the list is advertised as it gets bigger.

[BRUCEPOKER.COM]

Originally Posted by gorrrr72

I know you are taking a big risk guaranteeing a free tourney with a 5k prizepool. And guaranteed prizepools are great for the game so it is appreciated.
It just reminds me of another free tourney a while back for someones birthday that caused a lot of controversy because of the eventual prizepool paid after the expenses were taken out.

You know how some gossipers love the chance to start whispers about poker organizers and I would hate to see that happen as I know you run a tight ship.

Maybe I'm not explaining my thoughts very well, I'm not criticizing I'm trying to put across how a punter might feel about it.

I would prefer to pay a reg fee up front of say €20.

The reason is this: Say you get 100 players and you get 150 rebuys/top ups. Total = 7500 minus 2k expenses (example) so prizepool paid is 5500.

Option 2: 100 players pay €20 reg = 2k.
150 rebuys/top ups = 7500 prizepool paid out.


P.S. I like the idea of online pre reg for the extra 1000 chips. Gives an idea of numbers attending which in turn should prompt more people to attend as long as the list is advertised as it gets bigger.

Again thanks for the feedback gorrr and I definitely see where you are coming from. I was actually surprised that it was only yourself who left feedback about this so far. As you know we always listen closely to what the players think about our business and I have given your feedback to the guys running the event. From what I know we are trying this out to see if it works and hope everyone has a good time. If it works we will probably run it as a regular tournament but as with all business ventures we might need to tweak it a bit and thats when the feedback comes in.

We will be posting a list of registered players both here and on BrucePoker.com.

[joe o neill]

ill be there... just something to think about.. if you charge 20reg in its still a free entry tournament... which means you can have dealers and all the buyins can go into the prizepool.... nobody expects not to pay a reg....this way everything would look a lot more transparent....

[Gonzo_Fiend]

I would be interested in this but only if there are dealers. €20 is reasonable.

[afex]

dont think you will get as many runners if this t,ney is a €100 self deal pub game rather than the last bruce t,ney in dunboyne which got 48 runners i think and had dealers.i know dunboyne and voodoo the following week where just shy of the 5k mark but a self deal game will probably fall way short, leave it at €120 including reg and dealers., and i,ll play....self deal and id have no interest.

[BRUCEPOKER.COM]

Thanks for the comments guys. I have been told that this tournament will run as advertised. We will be 100% transparent and our TD will be happy to speak to any and all players who want to know the details of the amount taken if over €5000 is accumulated on the day.
I will be able to post the amount of dealers that will be at this event on Mionday.

[BRUCEPOKER.COM]

Bump.

[gorrrr72]

Any idea how many dealers are lined up for this?

[BRUCEPOKER.COM]

We have 12 dealers confirmed for Sunday so far.


Registration is now Open.

[BRUCEPOKER.COM]

I have just been informed this will be 20 min blinds not 24 as stated above.

20 Minute Levels:

25-50

50-100
75-150

100-200

150-300

200-400
--Break-- Change up '25' chips300-600
400-800

500-1000
600-1200

800-1600

1000-2000
1200-2400

1500-3000
--Break--Change up '100' chips

2000-4000

3000-6000

4000-8000

5000-10000

etc. antes to be decided on the day by the tournament director and average stack kept within reason for as long as possible.

This is an official Irish Poker Rankings Event
See here for details.

[Alan Carroll AC]

Originally Posted by joe o neill

ill be there... just something to think about.. if you charge 20reg in its still a free entry tournament... which means you can have dealers and all the buyins can go into the prizepool.... nobody expects not to pay a reg....this way everything would look a lot more transparent....

Sure you're everywhere!!..
Do agree with the 20 blips idea..
Transparent poker players/sites.. What will they think of next!!!!!!!